DAVIES, RICHARD (c. 1505-1581), Welsh bishop and scholar, was born in north Wales and educated at New Inn Hall, Oxford, becoming vicar of Burnham, Bucks., in 1550. He took refuge at Geneva during the reign of Mary. In Jan. 1560 he was consecrated bishop of St. Asaph, whence he was translated, early in 1561, to the bishopric of St. Davids. Davies was a member of the council of Wales, was very friendly with Matthew Parker, archbishop of Canterbury, and was consulted both by him and by Burghley, on Welsh concerns. He took part in translating the New Testament into Welsh, and assisted with the Welsh transla tion of the Book of Common Prayer. He helped to revise the "Bishops' Bible" of 1568, being responsible for Deuteronomy and 2 Samuel. He died on Nov. 7, 1581.